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MacDailyNews: Apple patent application details cold weather gloves for iPhone, iPod touch
iPhone Buzz: iPhone winter-friendly gloves patented
Engadget: Apple patent reveals 'iPhone gloves' for warmer hands-on experience
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop: Apple files patent on iPhone gloves to keep you hands warm
Gizmodo: Apple's Patent for iPhone-Compatible Gloves: Forgotten, Thankfully [Apple]
Apple patent application details cold weather gloves for iPhone, iPod touch
MacDailyNews —
... iPod touch are problematic in colder weather. As they depend on the electrical response from a user's fingertips, which is often blocked off when wearing insulated gloves, the screens either force users to take off their gloves or else sit tight until they return indoors," Malley reports. "Apple's solution would give gloves a second, inner layer beyond the surface that would simulate the electrical feedback of human fingers when exposed to the outside," Malley reports. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: First iPod socks, now gloves. What's next? [Thanks to MacDailyNews ...
iPhone winter-friendly gloves patented
iPhone Buzz —
... It's the Apple's answer to the complaints of nearly every iPhone owner in a northern climate: Apple iPhone touchscreen gloves. Apple has filed for a patent that would cover a special glove which would allow wearers to still use their iPhone or iPod Touch despite keeping their hands toasty warm. ...
Apple patent reveals 'iPhone gloves' for warmer hands-on experience
Engadget —
... a capacitive touchscreen. It also suggests the glove could have apertures on the fingertips for opening and closing the more protective outer layer. Of course, the concept is far from new -- just do a quick Google search for "iPhone gloves" to see a wide variety of choices -- and Apple doesn't really dabble in this sort of iPhone / iPod accessory, but if Phil keeps his hands in his pockets for the first half of the Macworld keynote, we're gonna start to get ideas. [Via Apple Insider; thanks, Shawn] Filed under: Cellphones, Wearables Apple ...
Apple files patent on iPhone gloves to keep you hands warm
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop —
... (hat tip to AppleInsider ), filed on June 28, 2007 and published January 1, 2009, describes "a glove system for operating an electronic device." Apple describes a glove that has both an inner liner and an outer shell, and the shell "may include at least one aperture through which the inner liner may extend to operate the input mechanism of an electronic device." In other words, Apple's working on some kind of fancy system for exposing one's fingertips through a glove to create the electrical feedback that the iPhone's capacitive touchscreen needs to operate. From Apple's ...
Apple's Patent for iPhone-Compatible Gloves: Forgotten, Thankfully [Apple]
Gizmodo —
... Apple's patent called for an outer layer that could be pulled back to allow the inner layer to touch the device. That inner layer would simulate the electrical charge of a finger when exposed, allowing for operation of the iPhone through fabric. The original patent was filed the day before the iPhone's launch, but never saw the light of day. It's a fine idea, compared to the other workarounds, but still silly enough to have been more embarrassing than useful if released. [AppleInsider] ...
iPhone Gloves Take the Winter Chill Off
Cult of Mac —
... Plenty of chatter yesterday in the Apple blogosphere about the patent application for special iPhone gloves Apple filed back in June 2007, the day before the original iPhone made its commerical debut.
In the meantime, a few companies have already produced products intended to ease the need for iPhone users in the northern latitudes to actually go inside to use their Jesus Phones during the winter. Click on images in the gallery below to see the Apple patent illustration and few solutions on the market today. And let us know in comments how you ...
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